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Hurricane Bob, the most recent tropical cyclone to make landfall in New England at hurricane strength on August 19, 1991. A New England hurricane is a tropical cyclone originating in the Atlantic Ocean that affects the U.S. states of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, or Maine.
The title "Great Chesapeake Bay Hurricane of 1769" is only one name for the storm, and one of recent origin. [13] [10] [14] [15] Modern tropical cyclone naming schemes were not institituted until later. Historian and meteorologist David M. Ludlum discusses the storm twice in his 1963 work Early American Hurricanes 1492-1970.
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was the most intense hurricane to make landfall on the country, having struck the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 mbar.It was one of only seven hurricanes to move ashore as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale; the others were "Okeechobee" in 1928, Karen in 1962, Camille in 1969, Andrew in 1992, Michael in 2018, and Yutu in 2018, which ...
Hurricanes that affect California are mainly the remnants of hurricanes or tropical storms. In the twentieth century, only four eastern Pacific tropical cyclones have brought tropical storm-force winds to the Continental United States: the 1939 Long Beach Tropical Storm, Tropical Storm Joanne in 1972, Tropical Storm Kathleen in 1976, and Tropical Storm Nora in 1997.
Lesser Antilles Hurricane 1780 November 17 New England: A tropical cyclone moved up the east coast of the United States, disrupting the British blockade of the New England states. 1781 August 1–2 Jamaica: N/A Many ships washed ashore [220] 1781 August 9–11 South Carolina, North Carolina: N/A The Occupation of Charleston Storm [221] [222] 1781
The Great New England Hurricane. Year: 1938 Death Toll: 682 Financial Impact: Estimated $306 million at the time (~$4.7 billion adjusted for inflation) Called the "Long Island Express," this ...
FILE - In this Aug. 20, 1991, file photo, boat owners gather their belongings along the shore in Dartmouth, Mass., after Hurricane Bob swept through southern Massachusetts. New Englanders, bracing ...
The 1562 map of the Americas, created by Spanish cartographer Diego Gutiérrez, which applied the name California for the first time.. California was the name given to a mythical island populated only by beautiful Amazon warriors, as depicted in Greek myths, using gold tools and weapons in the popular early 16th-century romance novel Las Sergas de Esplandián (The Adventures of Esplandián) by ...